Taiwan Security Issues

Taiwan Security Issues Founded by Dr. Dalton Lin in 2022, Taiwan Security Issues (TSI) is an academic and non-governmental. Every TSI week starts on Sunday and ends on Saturday.

In addition to providing trusted information and diverse perspectives, TSI also uses a hashtag system to serve as a database of Taiwan's and regional security issues. Each TSI post has a weekly report #, a category #, and various topic #. Readers can type hashtags of interest in Facebook's search function (the magnifier icon) and find TSI posts on the related topics. So, for example, if readers want to know issues occurring around February 5, 2022, type (the week starts on Sunday, January 30, 2022) in the search function and can retrieve all TSI posts in the week. The following is the list of TSI’s topic hashtags. Readers can type these hashtags in the search function and retrieve TSI posts related to the topics.

(Taiwan’s foreign policy and external relations)
(Taiwan’s domestic politics)
(China’s foreign policy and external relations)
(China’s domestic politics)

(U.S.-Taiwan relations)
(U.S.-China relations, competition, rivalry)
(Washington’s foreign policy, such as alliances, and sometimes domestic developments that have foreign policy implications)
(Tokyo’s foreign policy, and sometimes domestic developments that have foreign policy implications)
(Anything related to the balance of military power in the China-Taiwan-US triangle)
(Issues relevant to East Asia security but not covered by the above topics, such as the South China Sea, the Korean Peninsula, and Southeast Asia.)

Washington is preparing for the right war, but in the wrong theater. For years, U.S. strategic thinking has centered on ...
09/18/2026

Washington is preparing for the right war, but in the wrong theater. For years, U.S. strategic thinking has centered on the Indo‑Pacific: the militarized atolls of the South China Sea, China’s churning naval shipyards, and the tense waters of the Taiwan Strait. Yet the next phase of competition will likely play out on the Eurasian landmass, contested through pipelines, swing states, and shifting alignments along routes that overlap with the ancient Silk Road. This is where China is building alternative trade and energy corridors beyond the immediate reach of U.S. military power.

Washington is preparing for the right war, but in the wrong theater. For years, U.S. strategic thinking has centered on the Indo‑Pacific: the militarized

A China Coast Guard vessel rammed a Philippine boat on a resupply mission in ​the South China Sea on Friday, damaging it...
09/18/2026

A China Coast Guard vessel rammed a Philippine boat on a resupply mission in ​the South China Sea on Friday, damaging its railings and ‌deck structures but causing no injuries, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said, in the latest confrontation between the two countries in disputed waters. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) ​vessel BRP Datu Magat Salamat was on a mission to ​distribute fuel to Filipino fishermen about 54 nautical miles off ⁠the coast of Palawan province when a China Coast Guard ​vessel carried out a series of dangerous manoeuvres and made contact with ​the Philippine ship, the coast guard said.

A China Coast Guard vessel rammed a Philippine boat on a resupply mission in ​the South China Sea on Friday, damaging its railings and ‌deck structures but causing no injuries, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said, in the latest confrontation between the two countries in disputed waters.

Officials and analysts in Taiwan, Japan and Washington are concerned that President Donald Trump could soften U.S. suppo...
09/18/2026

Officials and analysts in Taiwan, Japan and Washington are concerned that President Donald Trump could soften U.S. support for Taiwan when he meets Chinese leader Xi Jinping on September 24. The concern has grown since Trump described a pending $14 billion Taiwan arms package as a “negotiating chip,” while Taipei and Tokyo are urging Washington to maintain established policy language and avoid concessions on Taiwan in exchange for economic agreements with Beijing.

US allies in Asia are growing anxious that President Donald Trump may be tempted to soften Washington's support for Taiwan in return for an economic win ​with Beijing as he prepares to host Chinese leader Xi Jinping next week.

The Council on Foreign Relations releases a new report on Chinese cyber threats to U.S. infrastructure. The report descr...
09/17/2026

The Council on Foreign Relations releases a new report on Chinese cyber threats to U.S. infrastructure. The report describes how China has built a sophisticated hacking apparatus to pe*****te the water systems, energy grids, telecommunications networks, and transportation systems that underpin American society. The goal is not simply espionage. China is pre-positioning malware and maintaining dormant access to critical systems so it can gain leverage in peacetime and wreak havoc during a conflict.

Today Council on Foreign Relations is releasing a new report on Chinese cyber threats to U.S.

When Chinese drones buzzed the frontline island of Kinmen in 2022, Taiwan’s Defense Ministry pushed to install a counter...
09/17/2026

When Chinese drones buzzed the frontline island of Kinmen in 2022, Taiwan’s Defense Ministry pushed to install a counter-drone system. Four years later, it has yet to deliver. Domino Theory's new investigation traces how rushed planning, unverified supplier claims, unrealistic requirements and weak procurement oversight helped derail two efforts to equip Kinmen and Matsu.

When Chinese drones buzzed the frontline island of Kinmen in 2022, the Defense Ministry in Taiwan pushed to install a counter-drone system. Four years later, it has yet to deliver

Craig Singleton, Senior Fellow and Senior Director of FDD's China Program, and Rear Admiral (Retired) Mark Montgomery, C...
09/17/2026

Craig Singleton, Senior Fellow and Senior Director of FDD's China Program, and Rear Admiral (Retired) Mark Montgomery, CCTI Senior Director and Senior Fellow, joins FDD's media call on Chinese leader Xi Jinping's upcoming meeting with President.

September 16, 2026 | Media Call Previewing the Trump-Xi Summit Home » China Craig Singleton China Program Senior Director and Senior Fellow RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery CCTI Senior Director and Senior Fellow Joe Dougherty Senior Director of Communications September 16, 2026 | Media Call Previewing t...

Taiwan's Coast Guard Administration (CGA) ships are scheduled to sail to the Philippines bearing the words "Taiwan Coast...
09/17/2026

Taiwan's Coast Guard Administration (CGA) ships are scheduled to sail to the Philippines bearing the words "Taiwan Coast Guard" in a high-profile visit in October next year, the first such visit by a Taiwanese maritime law enforcement vessel to the Southeast Asian nation, the agency said yesterday.

Coast Guard Administration (CGA) ships are scheduled to sail to the Philippines bearing the words “Taiwan Coast Guard” in a high-profile visit in October next year, the first such visit by a Taiwanese maritime law enforcement vessel to the Southeast Asian nation, the agency said yesterday.The CG...

Taiwan has overinvested in low-cost FPV drone production while neglecting long-range maritime strike platforms. In missi...
09/17/2026

Taiwan has overinvested in low-cost FPV drone production while neglecting long-range maritime strike platforms. In missile defense, the problem is reversed: Taiwan spends too much on exquisite missile defense systems and is not preparing for low-cost saturation attacks. Taiwan’s task is not to produce more drones but the right drones.

In May 2026, Taiwan's Legislative Yuan (LY, 立法院) passed a special budget bill whose very name contained the words “strengthening asymmetric capabilities” (強化不對稱戰力). Despite the legislation's title, the bill failed to fund some of the most asymmetric weapons in Taiwan’s dome...

People should know what the exercises are trying to prepare for, why civilian participation is necessary, and how indivi...
09/17/2026

People should know what the exercises are trying to prepare for, why civilian participation is necessary, and how individual drills connect to the wider goal of national resilience. Public communication should therefore do more than make Han Kuang visible. It should help citizens make sense of what they are seeing. For Taiwan, the next challenge is not simply getting citizens to watch Han Kuang, but helping them understand what they are watching and why it matters.

Taiwan’s Han Kuang exercises are winning public approval, despite the growing impact on civilians. Understanding is another matter.

WeChat, a messaging app, is practically part of the national infrastructure in China, woven into daily communications, g...
09/17/2026

WeChat, a messaging app, is practically part of the national infrastructure in China, woven into daily communications, government services and digital payments. That’s why a recent discovery by a small team of researchers in California — that a tool built with artificial intelligence could breach millions of accounts in just a few hours — has rattled experts and Chinese analysts. It proved that with A.I., even a tiny team with no government backing can mount a devastating attack on an app used by 1.4 billion people a month.

The demonstration of a potent cyberweapon has exposed China’s vulnerabilities and added to the urgency of A.I. safety talks between Beijing and Washington.

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